Kreisler’s operetta Sissy provides great entertainment in Bremen

GermanyGermany Fritz Kreisler, Sissy: Soloists and Children’s chorus of Theater Bremen, Students of Davenport ballet school, Bremen Philharmonic / Stefan Klingele (conductor). Theater Bremen, 23.12.2025. (DM-D)

Christoph Heinrich (Ludovica) and Stefan Klingele (piano) © Jörg Landsberg

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Janáček’s anti-hero proves that a good evening at the opera in Innsbruck is more than the sum of its parts

AustriaAustria Janáček, The Excursions of Mr. Brouček: Soloists, Chorus and Extrachorus of Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck, Tiroler Symphonieorchester Innsbruck / Matthew Toogood (conductor). Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck, 27.12.2025. (AL-L)

The Excursions of Mr. Brouček © Tiroler Landestheater

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Misconceived and clichéd: the puppetry of the new Vienna Fidelio eclipses its singers and orchestra

AustriaAustria Beethoven, Fidelio: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Dominik Kepczynski) from Vienna State Opera, 19.12.2025. (JPr)

Rocco’s ‘gold’ aria – [l-r] Kathrin Zukowski (Marzelline), Tareq Nazmi (Rocco) and Malin Byström (Leonore) © Werner Kmetitsch/WS

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